Agenda:

9:15am Meet at Childrens’ Reading Place Address: 922 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0M3– Sharing the narrative for this space. How is this space “The Third Teacher” “We must ask ourselves what values we want to communicate through our environments and how we want children to experience their time in our programs.”“What does this environment “teach” those who are in it? How is it shaping the identity of those who spend long days there?”

11:00am Walk and Talk tour of the Calgary Central Library

12:00pm Lunch: Bring a Picnic and Enjoy the +10 weather

12:30pm Meet in the Idea Lab
– Empathy Interview: Thinking about your Learning Commons as a Third Teacher. What is working well? What is Tricky? What would you like to try?

12:45pm Developing exciting prototypes for the learning commons. What would we like to see more of? What would it look like? What could we try in order to amplify this in the space? How will we keep an eye on it to know if it’s working or needs iteration?